as in to revisit
to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal
the new intelligence forced the general to reconsider his plan of attack
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Recent Examples of reconsider
Families will have to rethink their priorities this summer, even reconsidering family vacations in order to pay for basic needs.
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
This observation led her to reconsider Vetique's own pricing strategy.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
After losing a court case brought by a TV station, the FCC was forced to reconsider its enforcement of the Fairness Doctrine and decided to repeal it.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
Live updates Stocks crater as nations vow to retaliate against Trump's tariffs
China urged Washington to reconsider.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
This observation led her to reconsider Vetique's own pricing strategy.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
After losing a court case brought by a TV station, the FCC was forced to reconsider its enforcement of the Fairness Doctrine and decided to repeal it.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
Live updates Stocks crater as nations vow to retaliate against Trump's tariffs
China urged Washington to reconsider.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reconsider
Verb
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The Academy should also revisit its nominee limits.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Compensation should be revisited during annual performance reviews, after delivering strong results or when your role evolves.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Satellite images reviewed by ABC News show the north of the same village being cleared by the IDF in October 2024, where crops and buildings are seen destroyed.—
Kerem Inal,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2025
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As increasingly ambitious experiments fail to uncover the keys to concepts like dark matter, maybe physicists should rethink their approach.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Apr. 2025
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Even before the tariffs, investors were rethinking their approach to the U.S.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Reconsider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconsider. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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